A Message From Avenged Sevenfold.

We recently exercised our rights under California law and notified Warner Bros. Records we would no longer record for them. Few of the executives who have been integral to our continued success are still at the label, and we love and are grateful to them for their hard work. However, since we signed with the label, Warner Bros. has had 3 different regimes, multiple heads of marketing, and none of the senior management or A&R executives who were at the company and responsible for signing us are still there.


Whatever the activity, it takes a full team to compete, and we no longer know most of our teammates. In the coming days, you may read about the lawsuit our label filed against us for exercising our legal rights, rights the State of California granted specifically to protect artists. You may see mistaken facts or worse.
One such error we want to make sure you know about: Avenged Sevenfold has never renegotiated its original recording agreement with Warner Bros. Records. Billboard has now corrected its story to reflect the real facts.
Most importantly, we want our fans to know this: we are in the middle of writing a record we cannot wait for you to hear. We expect to go into the studio very soon, and look forward to releasing our new album later this year.
Until then, we wish all of you a happy, healthy 2016.
Love,
A7X

Frontman reports they won’t start writing Hail To The King follow-up until next summer

Avenged Sevenfold aren’t planning to start writing their seventh album until next summer – meaning the follow-up to Hail To The King isn’t likely to be released until 2016.

But that’s because the band want to take the time and space they need to concentrate on creating their best work.
Frontman M Shadows tells Z-98: “The most important thing for us is to get that spark and that fire to want to start writing. We never write on the road. We always try to get a very clear idea of what we want to accomplish – then we attack it.
“I think after this tour we do in China, we’ll be back in the saddle, and by the summer we should be writing.”
Guitarist Zacky Vengeance recently said that life on the road was helping the creative process because it was exposing them to new influences.
He reported: “Synyster Gates has been writing purely for fun, trying different styles. I’ve been listening to different music to get inspiration, as have all of us. Once we get home the ideas are going to start brewing.”
Hail To The King, released in 2013, propelled A7X to number one in the UK and US. It was their first with Arin Ilejay, who replaced late drummer Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan following his death in 2010. The band just released a mobile game based on their DeathBat mascot, which Shadows describes as a journey through their career.